Second prize of honor in the 2024 Serra de Tramuntana Photography Competition, in the "Heritage Elements" category. In Mallorca, snow was a prized commodity used to meet the demands of the hospitality and culinary sectors. When it snowed in the Serra de Tramuntana mountains, snow gatherers worked quickly to collect the snow in snow houses, structures typically consisting of a pit dug in the ground with dry-stone walls and a cobbled floor.
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